(indieWIRE/1.11.2000) — Information about the lineup for the InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam has begun to trickle out of continental Europe withthe lineups for the Tiger Award Competition, Hubert Bals Fund, two Filmmakerin Focus sections, and No Cherry Blossoms, this year’s look at new Japanesefilms.

The Filmmaker in Focus sections will focus on the careers of Kazakhstanifilmmaker Serik Aprimov and Brazilian Julio Bressane. Aprimov filmsscreening include 1986’s short “Two Were Riding The Motor Cycle,” 1989’s“The Last Stop,” 1993’s “Sergelden,” 1998’s “Aksuat,” and the worldpremiere of “Tri Brata.” The Bressane films being spotlighted include “OAnjo Nasceu” (An Angel Was Born) and “Matou A Familia E Foi Ao Cinema“(Killed the Family and Went to the Movies) both from 1969, 1982’s “Tabu,”1995’s “O Mandarim,” 1997’s “Miramar” and 1999’s “Sao Jeronimo.”

Several short films were announced, including “Kimono” by Hal Hartley, “6Easy Pieces” and “Muri Romani” by Jon Jost and “Blood Orange Sky,” by JemCohen. [Mark Rabinowitz]

(indieWIRE/1.11.2000) — Sundance has announced that two surprisescreenings, Steve Buscemi‘s “Animal Factory” and Barbara Kopple‘s “MyGeneration,” will screen at this month’s Sundance Film Festival.

Kopple, who is best known for her Academy Award winning documentaries“Harlan County, USA” and “American Dream,” will screen her work-in-progressdoc “My Generation” which explores the three legendary Woodstock musicfestivals in 1969, 1994 and 1999. The film is an effort to capture thebackstage scenes, performances, and acts of self-expression which formthe Woodstock myth.

Also premiering will be Steve Buscemi’s “Animal Factory,” which marks hissecond feature as a director (“Trees Lounge” was the first). The filmcenters around the relationship between a first-time felon, Edward Furlong,and a hardened convict, Willem Dafoe, who has spent the majority of his lifebehind bars. The screenplay was written by John Steppling and is based onthe novel by Edward Bunker. [Maya Churi]

[For more information on the Sundance Film Festival screening schedulevisit their web site at http://www.sundance.org]